Fists and cuffs; to escape the constable by knocking him down
with the aid of a companion.
“The mute eloquence of the miller and smith, which was vested in
their clenched fists, was prepared to give highland bail for their
arbiter [Edie Ochiltree].” —Sir W. Scott: The Antiquary, chap. xxix.
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